That was an impressive exhibition of RC Draco's ultimate capabilities for sure. 👍 While I'm not nearly the RC pilot as you, I have a pretty good chunk of experience with Draco. Smooth landings were always a challenge for me, so I put softer springs in 1 shock on each side to allow a bit more cushion. I also changed to slightly smaller Kavan air tires that actually allow a bit of slip on landing surfaces and takes some of the strain off the landing gear. The ultimate result was much easier greased landings. Lastly, be careful when evaluating damage after a crash. These planes have carbon rods "everywhere" and tender joints in the upper cockpit area holding them together. If things get compromised, you may get a big surprise when you induce any major wing loading. Ask me how I know! 😑
We'll definitely see if it can handle flying again! The wings looked like they're perfect; a close inspection of the wing box didn't reveal any damage aside from a clean break. It should be fine.
When I’m just putzing around with my Draco I pretty much steer it with the rudder and contrary Aileron and touch of elevator. If you do a flat spin and get it going really well, it can be difficult to get it to pull out of the spin, I’ve had a 9.5 on the pucker scale because of this issue, I think it’s the leading edge slats that can cause this issue, but may🎉it’s got something to do with running the 7,000 packs and causing the higher wing loading too. Great video and a great plane once you learn the characteristics of it. My all time foamie favorite is still the FMS Pitts with a 550 kv motor and a 16x 8 propeller, looks great and flies so much better than stock. Keep up the great work! Love the vids
I also love when I hear spectators come out and say some stuff about the planes or the filming always nice to hear what they have to say about your sick flying
Jon I always enjoy your videos and appreciate what you do for our RC community. In this case, I personally have to strongly disagree with your presentation of the Draco as a highly agile, aerobatic flyer. I purchased this model, as did several of my pretty skilled buddies, and we all sold them as soon as we could. Yes, this is a super cool, original model, but it is a dog in the air and most reviews agree. Can it do everything you did with it in the air, sure, but the great majority of rc pilots will struggle or crash it trying. It hates to fly inverted and you have to fight to extend a hover. But that is not what it was designed for. It is a good STOL airplane and the only thing myself and many others I know enjoyed doing with it were short takeoffs and landings. Unfortunately that gets old pretty quick. Again, just my opinion but I ask you to fly the Draco for a while then see how you feel.
We flew it for quite a while on the review day. The key to making this model perform is not running a heavy pack. There's no performance issues that we could spot that weren't immediately addressed by running an appropriately sized battery that accounted for the heavy airframe.
Hey John so glad to hear of your new partnership, More great content coming for sure. We are all looking forward to it. Please do not forget about the SMC batteries that you have been touting for the last year. " Best batteries ever" I was disappointed to not see links to them in the video description. Great company great batteries. HH Smart packs, not so much IMO. Take care to not confuse us on what you really like John and thanks again for your awesome content, it has helped me push my limits and improve in this last year I have been watching your channel. Keep up the great content, Thank you.
We'll continue using SMC packs in FMS and Freewing aircraft. For anything Horizon sends, we've decided to showcase the products within the ecosystem Horizon developed so that we can use Smart telemetry overlays to provide additional user info on how the aircraft is performing.
Good stuff Jon. They do say dragons are easy to fly, just a bit unpredictable at times..... Be waiting to see what Tony's got in the pipeline. AirHammer out!!
About time you got one. This model is incredible for gentle fpv scale bush flying, but of course you found a way to knife edge tumble and hover it lol. Next Draco video - high alpha with FLOATS!
Good Video, I Now own both the 2.0 and the 800 mm both are fun to fly, but I agree HEAVY but do not feel as such unless you are either chopping throttle at landing (then the sink rate is like the titanic) and it does like to accelerate towards the dirt when it loses lift. Excellent Job showing the ability of the bird
I put oil filled rc 80mm king shocks with the synetic bison 6.25 inflatable tires on mine. I had no idea this thing was THAT maneuverable. I saw flex in the wings when I did a couple of snap rolls on a maiden and never pushed it after that. I might go back to stock now 😎😎😎😎
Nicely done, I hadn't even thought to try a KE spin. You were talking about aileron to rudder mix, it has one built in. Easily mixed out or modified if wanted.
Great video and review! Nice you share a bit of that crash and those amazing hoverings too. I bought mine 2 weeks ago but since I´m a beginner I´m just waiting for more experience in the summer :)
What you say about it goes against just about every review I've watched on Draco...saying that it's under powered and not that great of a flier for anything else other than scale flying. Glad you were able to prove all of those wrong and show them it's all skills baby! I bought one just as a decorative piece in my living room as I followed Patey's build on the real one but this video just ignited a spark to get me to want to and actually fly it 😎
It's definitely not underpowered. It's a case of using good batteries, calibrating throttle, and flying the plane in ways that maximize its strengths and minimize its weaknesses. Thanks!
@@TwoBrosRC I can absolutely see that and you’ve motivated me to find out for myself! I wish you would’ve tried even better batteries and thrown in an SMC HV in there..if it’s that good with the spectrums I can only imagine how much better it would’ve been with a HV. Appreciate the vids and your style of going about doing reviews, gracci!
Two brothers, nice reviewing of the Eflite Draco, you mentioned the landing gear is upgraded, cam you confirm if it is strong 💪 and better? I broke mine front landing gear on my 5th flight,
Well… WOW! …. I have been putting the Real flight Draco through some crazy maneuvers … nonetheless I still have my unassembled Draco waiting for better weather here in So Cal. Thanks for the showcase. BTW how do I know which “version” of Draco do,I own?…
Impressive flying. I was really excited when this plane came out, but then everybody said it wasn’t capable of anything more than scale flying or it would bite you. I didn’t want to spend that much on a plane I thought I would get bored with, (or crash trying something stupid) but this may change my mind.
Nope, we're only flying Horizon-supplied models on Spektrum packs. We got a lot of requests for this and it also helps showcase the integrated telemetry which you saw during the 4000 Smart flight.
We've flown both. Compare what you saw here to our last vid on the CZ Cub on floats: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NgvOC0a_bJ0.html Both models will hover, torque roll, flat spin, inverted flat spin, hammerhead, etc. All of the basics can be performed by each. The CZCub can be set up to perform rolling harriers and with that comes an insanely good roll rate for such a huge wingspan. It can't really KE spin. Draco can KE spin, and quite well in fact. They both have similar ground handling. If you want Draco, consider picking it up via bit.ly/3FeGwCq If you want the CZ Cub, consider buying via bit.ly/3K9IpRQ
I've seen video's of wings coming off in mid flight,is this really a design flaw or is it more the result of "inproper" handling of the plane-doing things it wasn't designed for in other words ? It has me worried....i like draco,it's a beautifull plane.
Hello Jon this was a great video on the draco! I'm sorry my question isn't about the draco but the turbo timber evolution. I noticed that in your maiden flight of the TTE you were using a 12x6 prop in it then you switched to the 13x4 prop both 2 blade my question is which prop is better for keeping the esc cooler and just overall flying the plane I'm not a 3d pilot just a scale flying with a bit of aerobatics which prop is the best for me to use? Also I use it with the floats on for winter flying on the snow thank you your friend Marty from Canada 🇨🇦 🛩 🛩
What are the details on the landing gear upgrade? I knew this was a problem because mine would squat quite a bit when taxiing. I also broke the carbon landing gear frame from a moderately rough landing. What’s the difference with this new setup?
@@TwoBrosRC I've been subscribed to your channel for quite a while now. Learned a lot from your content. GOT A REQUEST. Have H.H. send you one of the new Slow Ultra Sticks. Do a review on it. Make the double servo, Flaperon / Spoileron upgrade and show how to do the mix on the E-Flite Transmitters. This will be my next airplane with that upgrade along with Timber wheels. It'll be my inexpensive, aerobatic, dirt road landing Bush Plane. Because of it's price and it's simplicity, I really think it's going to be a big seller. I think it would also be cool to get a second wing, trim it, and use that wing for high wind days. So many things can be done with this new model. Can't think of a better pilot to do those Mod's and then push the envelope with it in the air. Peace Brother.
Hey guys i wondering if someone are able to build a controller for personnes with disabilities like me. lost one hand by work injury so I am a rc helicopter fan and rc plane car/trophy truck. So DJI invented one with the dji Fpv drone combo that i has its so fun. But it work only with two model avata and mine. I want throw the idea on multiple Rc channel maybe someone are interesting to bring something out of joystick or someone who know people who fly with some kind of patente. Hey thanks great video im a new sub for sur bye Fly save
This plane was a one time field visitor. Then everyone sold them. For half price you get a Avios Tundra and you go home with a plane. Beautiful plane but as bad as the Original that not longer flight.
